Fans of classic arcade games will undoubtedly enjoy this fully functional arcade button light switch. It’s great for kids rooms, but adults can enjoy it too. All you need is to rig it so that a combo dims the normal lights and turn on the party lights. Disco combo!
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The iCade started out as an April Fools joke last year, but not long after we got word that ThinkGeek was actually going to bring the iPad arcade cabinet to life. And now, the device is almost ready to ship.
Not only that, the Atari’s Greatest Hits app has been configured to work with the iCade, so there will be 100 retro games to play right out of the box. ThinkGeek will also be releasing an API for other developers wishing to bake-in iCade compatibility. The device works with both the original iPad and the iPad 2.
The iCade is scheduled to ship on May 20th. Pre-orders are available now.
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From CubicleBot: If you are a hopeless arcade addict, you may have trouble adjusting to iPad use. Thankfully, you can pick up this JOYSTICK-IT, which attaches itself to the screen with a suction cup and uses conductive foam to make the iPad’s capacitive touchscreen register input. See it in action after the break.
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Combine the pleasure of the arcade with the business of waking up at the ass crack of dawn to go to a job you hate, and you may actually break your addiction to gaming.
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Unfortunately, this is not the slick iPad arcade unit ThinkGeek duped everyone with on April Fools. We hear that might become a real product eventually, but for now, this is as good as it’s gonna get.
It’s a decent proof of concept at least (the game is local, not a VNC client apparently)—lets just hope ThinkGeek can get it in gear and deliver a commercial version before everyone stops caring. It may already be too late.
Remember that tiny working arcade cabinet from a few months back? Well, Sam Seide has come up with an even better design this time around. And like the last version, he’s putting this up for sale on eBay. If you would rather make one than buy one, Seide also made a video that gives a pretty detailed tour of the build.
The sounds made by this Arcade sculpture from artist Steve D’Angelo are great, but I do seem to recall that there were screens and moving pictures associated with them. Maybe my memory is going—it’s been a loooong time.
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If you have to ask why, you aren’t a big enough nerd. It’s a lot of work for something that’s relatively pointless, but I have to admit—having a really tiny arcade machine would be pretty cool. Check out the video above to learn how to make one yourself. If you can move at superhuman speeds, the entire build would take less than 2 minutes! If you’re lazy, you could always just bid on a finished product for sale on eBay.
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A clever but simple design, these arcade joystick coat hooks can be ordered and customized with different colors, 1 or 2 player buttons and the like. You could probably build one yourself…but that requires effort. Think about it. An additional image is available after the break.
This confusingly creative vinyl contraption is the work of artist Erick Scarecrow. As a child he dreamed of creating his own arcade games without the “gray hairs of a big budget.” His solution was to develop a vinyl toy that users can decorate any way they please using paint, markers, pencils, etc (Soopa stickers are also included to help you customize your cabinet). Essentially it is one of those “use your imagination toys.” Listen, I play real video games so I don’t have to think ok?
Soopa is also running a VIP access program that involves gold coins hidden in the first run of select vinyl cabinets. So if you are lucky enough to find one, you have the exclusive right to buy more crap from them. Yaaaaay!
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